Fedex A306 at Madison on Mar 27th 2018, electrical system issue

Last Update: March 27, 2018 / 21:54:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 27, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Fedex

Departure
Madison, United States

Destination
Memphis, United States

Aircraft Registration
N679FE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A300

ICAO Type Designator
A306

A Fedex Federal Express Airbus A300-600, registration N679FE performing freight flight FX-1329 from Madison,WI to Memphis,TN (USA) with 3 crew, was climbing out of Madison's runway 18 when the crew stopped the climb at 5000 feet, declared Mayday reporting an electrical systems issue and requested to divert to Milwaukee,WI (USA). When offered runway 19L at Milwaukee the crew considered to divert to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) reasoning that the runway was a little short for them, ATC inquired with Milwaukee again which resulted in runway 19R becoming available. The crew diverted to Milwaukee for a safe landing on runway 19R about 27 minutes after departure.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 15 hours, then continued the flight.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 27, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Fedex

Departure
Madison, United States

Destination
Memphis, United States

Aircraft Registration
N679FE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A300

ICAO Type Designator
A306

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